Upholstering former or mold.



A. H. BRANDEL & F. GREER.

UPHOLSTERING FORMER 0R MOLD.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.29, 1916.

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ALBERT HENRY BRANDEL AND FRANK GREER, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

UPHOLSTERING FORMER 0R MOLD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

Application filed September 29, 1916. Serial No. 122,937.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT H. BRANDEL and FRANK GREEK, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Lansing, in the county of Ingham and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inUpholstering Formers or Molds, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates tov the art of upholstering, and comprises animproved former or mold particularly constructed to make a completepiece of upholstery with a finished roll at one edge so that it may befitted accurately and aflixed easily to the back and sides of anautomobile seat with out the aid of skilled upholsterers.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view on a reduced scaleof our improved former mounted within a press, and Fig. 2 is a crosssection of the former on a somewhat larger scale, showing a piece ofupholstery in its finished state therein. Fig. 3 is a plan View of theimprovement applied to a former having an irregular curved border, andFig. 4 is a cross section thereof. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail, showingthe spring lock, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a simple form ofthe guiding attachment for the follow board and slide- The inventionconsists of a bottom or button board 1 of any desired size and shape tosupport the buttons 2 and the piece of leather 3 or other upholsteringmaterial used in making the front or outer portion of the product, and.one edge longitudinally of this board is fashioned or equipped with araised borders having a rounded recess, approximately semi-circular incross section. This border may be made of sheet metal or other material,either rigidly afixed by an integral flange 5 as shown in Fig. 4, orsecured by a hinge member 6 as shown in Fig. 2. However, sheet metal ispreferred as it possesses sufiicient spring qualities to flex or yieldslightly under pressure of forming operations.

Thus, after the buttons 2 and upholstering material 3 are in place, hairor other suitable filling material 7 is laid to a uniform thicknessthereupon. This filling is covered by a backing of canvas or othersuitable material 8 and a follow board 9 is then applied to compress theupholstering, using a screw 10 or similar device. The bottom board isprovided with suitable holders or supports 12 for the heads of buttons 2and the follow board has a corresponding number of openings 14 to admitthe staple points of the button, while the upholstering material is of asize to extend beyond the border edges of the follow board so that apadded roll 15 may be produced and the leather and canvas edges may besewed or otherwise secured together. A perfectly smooth finish andtapering formation is given to roll 15 on practically semicircular linesby employing a rounded border member 16 as a part of follow boardQadjacent the rounded recess of the curved border piece 4, and where ahinged piece is used it may be turned on its pivot to compress the stockand form a roll 15 against rounded border member 16, or this member 16may be mounted to slide in a rabbeted seat 17 of the follow board and tobe drawn into the rounded recess of the border piece 4: to compress thestock to shape the roll 15. In Fig. 2, the hinged border piece 4 and theslidable border member 16 are operated jointly by means of a lever 18pivotally mounted upon a post 19 rigid with curved piece t and whichlever has a link or loop 20 detachably engaged with the hook-shapedstandard 21 rigid with slide member 16. When therequired compression ofroll 15 has taken place the parts are locked together automatically byspringpressed latches 22 having right-angled slots engaged by pins orstuds 23 projecting upward from the slide member 16 see Fig. 5. Theslide member is also held slidably in place by'angle arms 24 secured tothe side edges of follow-board 9, but any mode of fastening permittingoutward movement or adjustment of the slide may be utilized.

Where the roll 15 is curved or of irregular outline longitudinally, theborder piece 4: of corresponding shape is rigidly affixed to the bottomboard, see Figs. 3 and 4., and this form of upholstering is morecommonly used for the side arms of a seat, whereas the mold shown inFigs. 1 and 2 forms an upholstered back for the seat. In either case,when the upholstered product is removed from the mold it is completelyfinished and permanently shaped to hang upon an automobile body withoutskilled help, and the upholstering may be aflixed to the body by clampsor screws after the bodies are painted or enameled and fastened on thechassis. Compared with the methods and means heretofore employed, ourinvention produces a better and more uniformly finished piece of v inmaking repairs in the body the upholstery can also be detached readilyWithout alteration or expense.

What We claim is:

1. An upholstering former or mold, comprising a bottom board and afollow board provided With roll forming border parts, one of said partsbeing movably related to the other part, and means to draw said borderparts together.

2. An upholstering former or mold,com-' prising a bottom board, a followboard, rounded border pieces for said boards movably related, and meansto operate one of said pieces independently of the said boards tocompress the upholstering on curved lines at one edge thereof. 7

3. An upholstering former or mold, comprising a bottom board having acurved border piece adapted to round the edge portion of theupholstering, a follow board having a rounded border part movablelaterally relatively to said curved border piece, and means to lock saidmovable border part in fixed position With the upholstering compressed.

4. An upholstering former or mold, comprising a bottom board and afollow board,

a hinged border piece having a rounded recess to shape the borderportion of the up holstering and means to produce an independentclamping action of said border piece upon said upholstering.

5. An upholstering former or mold, a bottom board having a roundedborder recess, a follow board having a slidable member at its edge, andmeans to move said member toward said recess.

6. An upholstering former or mold, a bottom board having a roundedrecess at one side, a follow board superposed'upon said bottom board,having a rounded part slid- Gopies of this patent may be obtained forably related thereto opposite saidrecess, and

lever mechanism to move said slidable part toward said recess.

7. An upholstering'former or mold, a bottom board having a yieldingborder piece of curved formation, a follow board having a roundedforming edge and a clamping connection between said parts;

8. In a device as described, a bottom board having a recessed borderpart hinged thereto, a follow board having a slidable part opposite saidrecessed part, and clamping means for said hinged and slidable parts.

9. In a device as described, a bottom board having a curved spring metalborder part, a follow board having a slidable member 0pposite saidborder part, and means to move said slidable member toward said borderpart.

10. In a device as described, a bottom board having a raised border witha curvedrecess, a follow board having a movable member With a roundededge opposite said recess, means to advance said member rela tively tosaid recessed border, and means .to lock said member in an advancedposition.

11. In a device asdescribed, a bottom board having a border part with arounded recess, a follow board having a slidable part with a roundedforming edge opposite said recess, a hook standard on one of said partsand a lever and link on the other'part to engage said standard. j

12. In a device as described, a bottom board having a rounded recess atone side thereof, a follow board having a slidable part With a roundedforming edge opposite said recess, means to advance said slidable partrelatively to said recess, and self-locking latches to secure saidslidable'part in an ALBERT HENRY BRANDEL. FRANK eREER.

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